Our next Artist You Need To Know is Dennis Geden. Geden works primarily in painting and printmaking : his aesthetic is focused primarily on contemporary and historical figurative / narrative art in manners both serious and playful. He was born in North Bay, Ontario,...
The next Artist You Need To Know is Marion Nicoll (1909 – 1985). Nicoll is often cited as one of the first abstract painters in the history of art in the province of Alberta. She was a trailblazer in other ways, including becoming the first woman instructor at the...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Jaan Poldaas (1948-2018). Poldaas was a painter best known for his hard-edge abstract painting, both in his prolific production and as an advocate for this art form. Since the 1970s Poldaas’ “sophisticated and rigorous...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Joanne Tod. She is a Canadian contemporary artist and teacher whose paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally for the past thirty years. From the Canada Council Art Bank : “Evolving from an early interest in...
The next person of importance in this continuing series is Jack Henry Pollock (1930 – 1992). He was arguably the most influential figure in Toronto’s art scene during the 1960s and 1970s. With the Artist You Need To Know series we’re not limiting ourselves...
